Hayrack or body supporting cleat for wagons and sleighs



Feb. 12, 1924.

. P. J. MICHAELIS HAYRACK OR BODY SUPPORTING CLEA'I' FOR WAGONS AND SLEIGHS Fi led Aug. 23, 1923 Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

UNITE STATES PETER J'. MICHAELIS, 0F KLEVENVILLE, WISCONSIN.

HAY-RACK OR BODY SUPPORTING CLEAT FOR WAGONS AND SLEIG-HS.

Application filed August 23, 1923. Serial No. 659,022.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER J MIGHAELIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kle'venvil'le, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hayrack or Body Supporting Cleats for wagons and 'Sleighs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

l'l-his invention relates to attachments to wagon bolsters designedffor the support of hay racks or bodies, and particularly to a cleat adapted to seat on and embrace either the front or rear bolster of a 'wagon or both and having means whereby a hay rack may be supported on a wagon body.

A further object is to provide a device of this character so constructed that either a wide or 'a narrow hay rack may be supported.

A still further object is to provide a device-of this characterwhich will distribute strain of the load over the entire bolster, which may be cheaply made, which is readily applied and removed, and which has been found thoroughly effective for the purpose intended.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a wagon frame with my attachment applied to the bolsters thereof;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a wagon bolster with my attachment applied thereto;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-43 of Figure 2;

Figure 4: is a side elevation of the attachment.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that my attachment or cleat is formed of two parallel angle irons 10 and 11, each of these angle irons having a horizontally and outwardly extending web and a downwardly extending web. These angle irons are held in spaced relation to each other by the end members 12 which are riveted to the horizontal flanges of the angle irons by means of bolts or rivets 13, these rivets having countersunk heads.

Disposed inward of the members 12 are the two rearwardly divergent angle irons 14, each of these ngle irons having a horizontal flange which is riveted or bolted to the angle irons 10 and a vertical flange formed with bolt holes. As will be noted from Figure 4, the vertical flanges of the angle irons 10 are cut away, as at 1 5, inward of the ends of the irons; These downwardly extending flanges of the angle irons 10 are adapted to embrace and fit over a bolster A, as shown in Figure 2, and it will be obvious that these cleats formediof the members 10, 11, 12 and '14 may be applied both to the front and rear bolsters or to the front bolster only if desired.

The rack sills B, which may be of ny suitable construction, may be removably bolted to the verticalflange's of the irons 14. In this case the sills will "extend rearward and outward so that the forward end oft-he hay rack is relatively narrow, thus permitting the wheels of the vehicle to out under to acgreater degree than at present, that is so that the wheels of the front gear maybe turned inward toward the side boards to a greater extent than those of wagons as now constructed;

If it be desired to use a wide hay rack with the running gear consisting of the front and rear wheels, axles, bolsters, etc., then the sills B may be against th vertical flanges of the angle irons 12 and bolted thereto. As before stated, if it is desired to have a hay rack which is relatively narrow at its forward end, then the sills will be disposed as shown in Figure 1. By removing these sills entirely and removing the irons 14, an ordinary wagon body may be mounted upon these cleats and will rest upon and between the angle irons 12.

This device is very simple, can be readily manufactured, and sold very cheaply. Attention is particularly called to the fact that these cleats afford particular protection to both the wagon box and hay rack bottom because the cleat is very wide, wider than the bolster by the width of the horizontal flanges of the irons 10 and 11. Furthermore, the wear is distributed on the sides as well as on the top of the wagon bolster. The wagon box or hay rack can be removed from the wagon or a sled constructed in accordance with my invention without taking off any burrs or bolts. The cleats can be used on both rear and front bolsters so as to prevent the wagon box from wearing on the bolsters. The strain or pull on this device does not all come or take place on the bolster stakes, as the bolster stakes are not engaged with the cleats but the cleats are engaged along the whole extent of the bolster.

I claim 1. An attachment for wagon bolsters com-- prising parallel, longitudinally extending angle irons having depending flanges, the pair of depending flanges being adapted to embrace the bolster between them along the whole length of the irons, the outer ends of said irons being connected by angle irons each having an upwardly extending flange, and a pair of angle irons'disposed inward of the first named angle irons and having upwardly extending flanges perforated for the passage of bolts whereby hay rack sills may be connected to the angle irons.

'2. An attachment for wagon bolsters comprising parallel, longitudinally extending angle irons having depending flanges, the pair of depending flanges being adapted to embrace the bolster between them along the whole length of the irons, the outer ends of said irons being connected by angle irons each having an upwardly extending flange, and a pair of angle irons disposed inward of the first named angle irons and having upwardly extending flanges perforated for .the passage of bolts whereby hay rack sills may be connected to the angle irons, said last named angle irons being divergently inclined rearward and being removab-ly attached to the first named angle irons.

3. The combination with a vehicle having forward and rear bolsters, of cleats adapted to rest upon and engage said bolsters, each cleat consisting of a pair of angle irons having downwardly extending flanges spaced from each other toreceive a bolster between them, the angle irons being conlength of the wagon and being removably engaged with the first named angle irons.

4. An attachment for wagon bolsters comprising two parallel angle irons having depending flanges, the depending flanges being spaced from each other a sufficient distance to receive a bolster between them and fit the bolster and the depending flanges being cut away inward of the ends of the horizontal flanges, angle irons connecting the ends of the horizontal flanges and having upwardly extending flanges formed with bolt holes, and intermediate angle irons having horizontal flanges detachably engaged with the horizontal flanges of the first named angle irons and having upwardly extending flanges perforated for the passage of bolts. In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. I

PETER J MICHAELIS. 

